A Decade of Games and Entertainment – Xbox.com. Posted on November 15, 2012 by Scratch | Leave a comment. Today Xbox Live turned ten years old. Looking back over the last decade I could probably write pages and pages of blog posts about all the stories and memories I’ve made surrounding this console. I always thought as a child that no other console would have an impression on me like the NES did. Experience the new generation of games and entertainment with Xbox. Play Xbox games and stream video on all your devices. Experience a new generation of games and entertainment with Xbox. The best games and entertainment on all of your devices. Store. Up your game with these limited edition Xbox One controllers such as the Elite controller or the Master Chief wireless controller. Learn more. Xbox One. . events, sports, entertainment & exclusive content relating to Xbox. Skip to content. Search. Menu. Latest Stories; Consoles; Games; Entertainment; Windows 10; E3 2016; Translate with. Close My Downloads Empty List. Total file size : 0. by Xbox Wire Staff Posted on February 12, 2016 February 12. Today, we’re excited to unveil the Xbox One Special Edition Quantum Break Bundle featuring a 500GB Cirrus White console and matching wireless controller. With entertainment on Xbox, you’ll find the best apps, TV, movies, music and sports all in one place. Store Store home Devices Microsoft Surface. Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Gears of War 4 Limited Edition View all accessories Controllers & Remotes Headsets & Communication Hard Drives & Chargers Cables & Networking Wheels. The Xbox 3. 60 Perfectly Encapsulated the Last Decade of Home Entertainment. This morning, Microsoft announced that it was ceasing production on the Xbox 3. Entertainment on Xbox All Entertainment; Music; Movies & TV; NFL on Xbox; TV; Xbox One Apps; Xbox 360 Apps; Xbox. Rare brings together the adventures of its iconic characters in a collection of 30 games that span the decades. Learn more > Ori and the Blind. expected fall 2015. To qualify purchase and play Gears of War: Ultimate Edition on Xbox Live between August 25, 2015 and December 31 2015. For access to the Xbox 360 Gears of War collection, must be 17+. Halo 5. Entertainment on Xbox All Entertainment; Music; Movies & TV; NFL on Xbox; TV; Xbox One Apps; Xbox 360 Apps; Xbox 360. Rare brings together the adventures of its iconic characters in a collection of 30 games that span the decades. From its earliest 2D classics to Xbox 360 triumphs, Rare Replay delivers a gaming treasure trove for veteran players and newcomers alike. Available now. Buy now. Buy now. Console: Xbox One. . and looking at its trajectory perfectly illustrates the last decade of shifting focus in digital entertainment. and Sony bolstering current console hardware, and Nintendo is close to releasing an entirely new system.) Using an Xbox 360 over the last decade, in retrospect, has provided a front-row seat to the rapid evolution of the home-entertainment industry — digital distribution. Latest News from Select All. Xbox Accessories Windows phone Microsoft Band Software Office Windows Additional software Apps All apps Windows apps. Entertainment All Entertainment Movies & TV Music Business & Education. Microsoft sta regalando una versione speciale della Xbox 360 per i veterani dell'Xbox Live,ovvero coloro che lo utilizzano da 10 o più anni (insomma dai tempi della 1a Xbox). Decade of Entertainment edition: Versione Xbox 360 per chi è sul Live da 10+ anni. PDA. Visualizza Versione Completa : Articolo: Decade of Entertainment edition: Versione Xbox 360 per chi è sul Live da 10+ anni. Entertainment on Xbox All Entertainment; Xbox One Apps; Xbox 360. Available when you purchase a Forza Motorsport 6 digital bundle (Standard, Deluxe, or Ultimate Edition), the Ten Year Anniversary Car Pack features an amazing lineup of cars, all inspired by the cover. Game description: Celebrate the first decade of Forza Motorsport with the Forza Motorsport 6 Ten Year Anniversary Car Pack! Available when you purchase a Forza Motorsport 6 digital bundle (Standard, Deluxe, or Ultimate. The first Xbox 3. November of 2. 00. Xbox One. And yet it’s survived, its hardware unchanged, since it first debuted. In that sense, it’s kind of an anomaly: The Xbox 3. When you buy a set- top box these days, or maybe just a smart TV itself, you expect it to have a few features, like video streaming, or voice control, or smartphone integration — at the very least, it should connect to the internet. You would never buy a game console that didn’t do at least most of these things; these are standard features. Here are the things that you couldn’t do when the Xbox 3. One of its model configurations had a storage capacity of just 4 gigabytes. The Xbox 3. 60 was one of the first consoles to have substantial online functionality throughout its system for purposes other than multiplayer. It popularized the concept of digital distribution — that is, downloadable games, rather than purchased discs — in many ways. Programs like the Xbox Live Arcade made people more comfortable with the notion of buying games without actually receiving physical media (in its infancy, Arcade games had a size limit of 5. MB, which is crazy- small in retrospect), and, as the decade wore on, the idea of the same game being available simultaneously digitally and on physical discs became commonplace. But even Microsoft was unprepared for just how crucial online functionality would be for the console. Downloadable content — add- on content released after the initial game — seemed novel in 2. The console’s first user interface, referred to as the “blade” interface, proved woefully inadequate for navigating the Xbox Live Marketplace. Buying and downloading digital content was something one did occasionally in 2. That same year, the release model of Lumines Live caused a stir when it was revealed that the game would be sold in sections, not as one full package. That model was a progenitor of the current free- to- play model, giving away the razor and selling the blades, so to speak. Now, the most popular mobile games earn money not from huge up- front prices, but from micro- transactions. The situation with the blade interface became so untenable that, in 2. Microsoft completely redid the interface, calling it the New Xbox Experience, or NXE. At the time, the idea of a completely different operating system, distributed over the internet for free, was a foreign concept (at least, it was to me). The only pieces of tech that needed software upgrades were computers — the idea that the thing sitting under your TV next to the DVD player was capable of the same thing was nuts. Along with the NXE came another crucial product: Netflix. In July of 2. 00. Microsoft inked a deal to be the only game console with a Netflix app. This was, at the time, remarkable. A Netflix- specific Roku model existed, but was not well- known, and the Apple TV model on store shelves only served as a set- top box for interfacing with locally stored content on i. Tunes, not the cloud. The Apple TV wouldn’t support Netflix streaming until a new model was released in 2. In 2. 01. 6, pretty much everything with an internet connection runs Netflix. We’re maybe three years from a toilet running Netflix. And that all started with Microsoft making a huge play for the living- room market. The Xbox 3. 60 also had a video- rental store in 2. Tunes, but it had the advantage of being connected to a TV. The first Apple TV with the functionality to buy and rent from i. Tunes didn’t come along until 2. This is not to say that Microsoft hasn’t had a number of missteps. Its Kinect motion- tracking camera was novel at first, but the tech just wasn’t up to snuff. Microsoft tried to force an upgraded version on Xbox One owners, but it’s been quietly put out to pasture. Still, it was hard not to look at the E3 2. Likewise, Microsoft’s penchant for corporate synergy led to other follies. Xbox Live’s PC counterpart, Games for Windows Live, crashed and burned, as did the 3. Zune music store. And over the last few years, slowly but surely, the Xbox 3. Windows 8 Metro UI. Console generations usually last four or five years, but the 2. Xbox 3. 60 and PS3’s lifespans indefinitely, making it a static piece of hardware in an industry that prefers rapid iteration. Already, there’s chatter of both Microsoft and Sony bolstering current console hardware, and Nintendo is close to releasing an entirely new system.) Using an Xbox 3. That it all happened on a single box is all the more remarkable.
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